[1] Brody was born to Samuel Friedland and Rebecca Rosen, who were Russian immigrants.
Brody attended the University of Michigan, where she gained a Bachelor of Arts degree in English.
[2] After graduating from the University of Michigan, Brody was hired on by editor-in-chief Irwin Donenfeld to be the first editor of the DC Comics romance line.
[4] Donenfeld said in an interview that: The romance magazines really appealed to young girls," he says, "so I felt a woman would have a better handle on what a young girl would like, better than a guy like Bob Kanigher, who was doing war books.
[6] Zena continued her career until she was succeeded by editors Ruth Brant, Phyllis Reed, and Dorothy Woolfolk.